
The explosion hit a security convoy in Shangla district - an area the military said it had retaken from the militants. Photo by BGNES
At least 41 people have been killed in a bombing near Swat valley in north-west Pakistan, police officials say.
The explosion hit a security convoy in Shangla district - an area the military said it had retaken from the militants, the BBC reported.
It is the latest in a string of attacks and comes ahead of an expected army assault against the militants in South Waziristan near the Afghan border.
On Saturday militants stormed army headquarters in Rawalpindi. Pakistan has vowed to hit back "imminently".
On Monday, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in Rawalpindi, saying it had been carried out by a Punjab faction of the group.
Spokesman Azam Tariq said it was to avenge the recent killing of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud by a US drone.